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Infection and Immunity, October 2000, p. 6056-6061, Vol. 68, No. 10
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Comparison of O-Antigen Gene Clusters of Escherichia coli (Shigella) Sonnei and Plesiomonas shigelloides O17: Sonnei Gained Its Current Plasmid-Borne O-Antigen Genes from P. shigelloides in a Recent Event

Department of Microbiology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia

Received 2 March 2000/Returned for modification 18 May 2000/Accepted 18 July 2000

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